Theseus and Athens /
Theseus is celebrated as the greatest of Athenian heroes. This work explores what he meant to the Athenians at the height of their city-state in the fifth century B.C. Assembling material that has been scattered in scholarly works, Henry Walker examines the evidence for the development of the myth a...
| Основен автор: | Walker, Henry J., 1959- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1995.
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Print version::
Theseus and Athens. |
Съдържание:
- 1. Myth and Ritual: Hero Worship in Greece and the Origins of the Theseus Myth; 2. Benevolent Dictators and the Paradox of a Democratic King; 3. The Trozenian Outsider; 4. The Hero-King; 5. The Democratic Ruler; 6. Theseus at Colonus; 7. Theseus Enters History; Bibliography; Index.